The National tribune., 1887-02-24
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Around Chattanooga.

Around Chattanooga.
John Carroll, Co. ii, seth H., Chambersburg,
/ o., writes concerning the capture Of Lookout
/ Mountain. During the charge up the rugged
hill the writer was struck in the head by ball,
which knocked him insensible and lac rolled
some distance down the mountan-side, where
( he lay a long time before he recovered con-
I sciousness He thinks the claim Of the White
/ Star boys will not hold water.
George Seely, Co. q, 4th Ind, Columbus, O.,
has been looking anxiously for some of his COM
rades TO rise up and tell what they know about
the war He says il was Whitakers Brigade
that placed the first flag on the point of Look
out Mountain, although at the time of the
battle the Sith was guarding Nickajack Cove,
is miles distant, TO see that it did not get
away.
]. f. Ilif, Co. T. 18th Ill., Aurora, H., says
/ he has few words TO say about the Lookout
people 10 order and demands their uncondi-
tional surrender. He says. as has been stated
by so many correspondents, that Whitaker S
Brigade was the first 10 reach the point and
the flag of the Sth Ky. the first TO float from it.
He says that 0sterhaus's Division, of the Fiji
teenth Corps, temporarily attached 10 Hooker's
command was the first TO strike the enemy at
the foot of the mountain. His regiment was in
the advance of that division.
! III. w. Braudle Cummings, Ill, says he was
an Orderly 10 Gen. 0sterhaus, and his division
took prominent part in the capture of Look
out Mountain.
Cary Marvin, Co. ], 10Th H., West Union,
H., replying 10 the inquiry Of COmrade 1nfield,
! 97th Ohio, informs him that the rebel cannon
Lady Buckner" and Lady Breckenridge y
were taken at Mission Ridge, near Bragg's head
quarters, by HarkeT's Brigade. of Sheridan's
! Division, 10 which the 18th Ill. belonged. The
writer carried the colors of his regiment up the
Ridge.
Chas. p. Smith, Co. A, 9TH Ohio, Madison O.,
says his regiment was in the First Brigade OF
the White Star Division, and took an active
part in the capture of Lookout Mountain. He
says il was on the mountain long before any OF
! the Fourth Corps.
Matthew English Co b, Sd KY, Lime Switch,
| Ind, answering the inquiry in regard to the
guns Lady Bucknern and Lady Brecken-
ridge" at Mission Ridge, says they were taken
in by Harker's Third Brigade, Of Sheridan g
Second Division, Fourth Corps.
John ID. Frederick, Co. L, l02d n. Y, Kings
Bridge, New York city. rallies around the flag
Of the old White Star Division, and insists that
il is entitled TO the glory of Lookout Mount
| ain. He says they stormed the mountain and
surprised the enemy while cooking at the fires.
Maj. Elliott, of the l02d y. Y, was killed on
the skirmish-line. The brigade was composed
OF the Goth, 18th, l02d, 18th and 149th n. Y.
in New York city that at any time served in
the West.
&C Reed, Batteries X and ID, LIST Ohio L. A.,
| says he is very much interested in the Look
out Mountain affair, aud would like 10 see the
question at issue settled and the credit be-
slowed where it belongs. His battery was in
the White Star Division. He says that when
the Fourth Corps boys reached the top of the
mountain those Of the White Star had already
swept over the summit like a cyclone, driving
the rebels down the other slope. IL is not pleas
ant after % years 10 find that the White Star
Division played only second fiddle at this en-
| tertainment.
Ira Boyington, Co. d, l02d " Y, stands by
the boys of the White Star Division in the claim
that they knocked the persimmon at Lookout
| Mountain.
Joseph Clayton, Co. B, LIST Ohio Cav Majors
Neb., says that Comrade Kane Co. L, Goth Ill.
claimed for his regiment the honor Of first oc.
cupying Chattanooga, because they found there
Confederate scrip, tobacco and mountain
juice" The writer says that the Ohio boys
always left such worthless trash for the Illinois
soldiers. If Comrade Kane had said that they
found in Chattanooga chickens, turkeys, ducks
and pigs, il might then be believed that tho
Ohio boys had not been there.
Shenandoah Valley.
Simon Kephart, Co. A, 10th Pa, Osceola
Mills, Pa, says the battle of Port Republic tool
place June and 9, 1862 The first days battl,
was foughtby Carroll's Fourth Brigade, Shields
Division, which was composed of the 9TH Ind.
sith and 10th Pa, 29th Ohio, Randolphs Bat
terry II, LIST Ohio Art, and a small portion o
the LIST West Va. Cav. lie does not remembe
seeing Tyler or any of his brigade until the morn
ing of the 9th. The battle lasted that day unit
about noon, when they were compelled to fal
back and a hot time they had of IL.
Sylvanus 0ldfeld, Co. X, 2Sth Iowa, Hubbell
Neb. protests against the injustice done 20 tn
Nineteenth Corps in the Shenandoah Valley b.
Capt Lockhart, 6lst Pa. and their comrades O
the Sixth Corps He gives the facts as viewe'
from his standpoint, and cites the figures, whicl
have already been published. showing tn
comparative losses of the two corps in kille'
and wounded.
B. L. Crawford, Corporal, Go. f, l4th n. III
Nineteenth Corps, East Concord, VT, think
that Capt. Lockhart must have been out of hi
mind when he said that the Union army woul,
have won the day just the same at Cedar Creek
Sheridan had not arrived at the critical mo
ment. He thinks nothing else could hav
saved the army from destruction.
George VI. Conner, White House, o., wishe
TO correct his own letter recently published ii
regard 10 the battle of Port Republic. lie say
that Col. Carroll, Sth Ohio, commanding tn
Fourth Brigade, advanced 10 the bridge wit
about 80 of the w. Va. Cav, four guns Q
]
hard fight the troops fell back, and being rein
forced by Tyler's Brigade, the battle was re
newed.
,, Geo. w. Castle, Co. +, 1st w. Va Cav, Evans
Vile, w. Va, says that both Capt. Lockhar
and Capt. Fits, i'm writing of the Shenandoah
Valley campaign, failed 10 give proper credi
TO the cavalry for the important part it took il
the various battles.
J. i. Megrew, llth Ind, Diana, Oak, send
a very well written communication in reply 3
the structures of Capt. Lockhart, 6lst Pa, upOl
the conduct Of the Eighth and Nineteenth Corp
in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. w
should be glad TO print the communication i
, full, as il is well worth place in the paper, bu
so much space has already been taken up wit
this subject and so many articles have bee
accepted before his was received which cove
, the same ground, that we do not feel willing {
. trench upon the space demanded by othe
! topics.
; Horace ". Williams, Co. A, Cd Conn. III. A
. Naugatuck, Conn, referring 10 Capt. Fits
; article on the Nineteenth Corps in the Shenan
dOah Valley, says that part of the Sixth Corp
, may have been Oh the left at Winchester, bu
4 the Second Brigade of the First Division was o
the extreme right. He thinks this was the las
. brigade brought into action, taking the place G
: other troops which had been driven back. Th
! crushing blow on the right was not struck b
: the Eighth Corps alone The writer says th
: Eighth and Nineteenth Corps contained just
: good material as the Sixth, and he does not lik
; TO see comrades Of different commands criticil
a ing one another when all did so well.
= otis Pickford, Co. i, Both Ohio, Creston. IOwi
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